Letter: News audiences

Monday 03 November 1997 00:02 GMT

Your support helps us to tell the story

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.

Your support makes all the difference.

Sir: Your report (27 October) is wide of the mark in claiming that the BBC North West's regional news programme Northwest Tonight is in "the only region in the whole of Britain where the BBC out-rates its ITV rival".

Last month, BBC regional news programmes outperformed their ITV competitors in five out of the 10 English regions in terms of audience share, and overall the BBC share of the available audience for early evening news in September was 38 per cent compared with ITV's 33 per cent share.

NIGEL CHAPMAN

Controller

BBC English Regions

Birmingham

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Letter: News audiences

Join our commenting forum

Thank you for registering